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Day One Hardware Vs. Software DayTwo – notes Backing up your Data Day Three – notes Day Four – notes Malicious Software |
You do not need special software to backup your information. You can simply copy your important files to a disk yourself. What makes backup software nice is that it makes it more automatic. There is less 'forgetting' when using such software. Another difference comes in determining what to backup. The first time you make backups, you need to copy all of your data to the backups disks. After that, you really only need to copy new files, and the files you have changed. Therefore, the very first time you backup your computer, it take a lot of space to do it. But each backup after that might be rather small. Keeping track of what changed can be a pain, but this is another feature of a good backup program. It monitors new / changed files for you and knows what needs to be backed up. |